A housecleaner accused of killing a Buffalo Grove minister and his daughter during a botched burglary pleaded not guilty Tuesday to more than 60 charges, including murder, aggravated arson and home invasion. Russell Sedelmaier, 44, of Chicago's Northwest Side, is charged with killing Rev. Ivon Harris, 65, and his daughter, Sarah Harris, 24, during a burglary in late June. Sedelmaier also is accused of setting fire to the family's home. He entered the plea during an arraignment in Rolling Meadows branch of Cook County Circuit Court, said Tom Byrne, an assistant state's attorney.

Kane County sheriff's police Friday displayed more than 37 pounds of cocaine - among the largest-ever seizures in the county - along with more than a quarter-million in cash seized during an early-morning drug raid earlier this week in Aurora. The drugs have a street value of more than $1.6 million, police said. Culminating a three-month investigation, federal and local law enforcement converged on a house around 6 a.m. Tuesday in the 1600 block of Cambridge Drive, where they seized the drugs and cash and arrested Jesus Montes, 43. A search of the Montes residence yielded the cocaine and $259,569 in U.S. currency, Sheriff Pat Perez said at a Friday news conference.

Officials are trying to identity of a body that was pulled from the Chicago River in an industrial area near the Bridgeport neighborhood. The body of the male was found floating in the river around at 3:55 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Corbett Street, according to Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. chicagobreaking@tribune.com

Police are asking for the public's help in finding a 39-year-old woman who was last seen in May, 2008 in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Kira Bell was last seen in the 2300 block of North Moody on May 15, 2008, according to a missing persons alert from Wentworth Area detectives. Bell, who is black, was wearing a white t-shirt, jeans and black gym shoes, according to the alert. She is 5-foot-1, 140 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. She may be confused and anyone with information should contact police, (312)

Authorities said Wednesday they are investigating the death of an inmate found unresponsive in his cell at the Kane County Adult Justice Center in St. Charles. Albert Love, 25, of the 200 block of Grand Ridge in St. Charles, was pronounced dead Tuesday at Delnor Hospital, where he was taken after jail personnel discovered him around 3:30 p.m., authorities said. A pathologist made a preliminary determination that Love died from a pulmonary embolism, Kane County Coroner Robert Russell said.